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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






2. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






3. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






4. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






5. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






6. Known for his glass sculpture






7. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






8. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






9. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






10. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






11. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






12. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






13. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






14. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






15. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






16. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






17. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






18. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






19. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






20. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






21. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






22. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






23. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






24. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






25. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






26. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






27. Where the revolving door was fully developed






28. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






29. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






30. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






31. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






32. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






33. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






34. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






35. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






36. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






37. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






38. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






39. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






40. Something that supports a sculpture






41. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






42. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






43. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






44. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






45. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






46. Renowned for paintings and prints






47. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






48. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






49. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






50. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il